Dame Helen Mirren has said she is “too tired” to be wild even though she
fantasies about it.

The award-winning actress, 67, has said she dreams of “walking on the wild side” and spoke of her rebellious past.

Dame Helen, who is well-known for her portrayals of the Queen, told Reader’s Digest: “I was always rather attracted by a walk on the wild side when I was younger. I think that I'd love to still walk on the wild side, but I'm just too tired.

“I want to go home, I want to be in bed by 10.30pm. But I guess to a certain extent I'm still sort of attracted by it.”

The Oscar-winning star has previously admitted to using cocaine as a rising star in the 1980s.

She claimed she stopped taking it after realising a fugitive Nazi war criminal had lived off the proceeds.